Authored by: Amanda Elliott Posted on: October 27, 2022 PlexTrac Announces Partnership with Cobalt, the Leading Pentest as a Service Provider Customers Using the Solutions Together Benefit from Smarter, Faster Testing and Remediation Workflows Boise, ID, October 27, 2022 – PlexTrac today announced a new partnership with Cobalt, the Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) company that’s modernizing the traditional pentesting model. With the new partnership and platform integrations, mutual customers are now empowered to conduct more frequent and cost effective penetration tests and track results through to remediation, ensuring a stronger security posture. Join Cobalt and PlexTrac for a cybercast introducing the integration and capabilities of the partnership on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. Better Pentesting and Remediation: Cobalt and PlexTrac, Better Together Winning the cyberwar is truly an uphill battle in 2022. Adversaries have grown smarter and more relentless than ever, and security teams are struggling to keep pace with the time and resources required to really move the needle. Cobalt’s Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) platform and exclusive community of testers, paired with PlexTrac’s premier reporting and collaboration platform, combine to help teams gain real time insights, prioritize the greatest threats, and close the loop on remediation efforts. Using the new integration, customers are able to search, filter, and select Cobalt findings directly inside the PlexTrac platform for analysis, reporting, and remediation. Using the platforms together helps clients move to a model of continuous testing and streamline communication workflows to achieve demonstrable results. PlexTrac’s growing list of integrations with industry leading tools and platforms — including Cobalt — ensures teams are scaffolded for efficiency throughout the security lifecycle. “PlexTrac is pleased to partner with Cobalt to modernize the current penetration testing paradigm. Combining a SaaS platform and a team of skilled testers provides a robust solution for organizations and their testing activities,” said PlexTrac Founder and CEO Dan DeCloss. “Like PlexTrac, Cobalt is committed to helping organizations conduct more continuous testing and to making the results more actionable. Being able to import Cobalt results into PlexTrac means teams can rapidly analyze, prioritize, report, track, and remediate discovered issues to gain better visibility and improve their security posture.” “We are thrilled to partner with PlexTrac. And this is just the beginning, importing Cobalt pentest results into PlexTrac. Our teams are already looking to evolve the integration to support remediation workflows and trigger the retesting of Cobalt findings directly from PlexTrac. This is what we mean when we say remediate risk smarter.” said Russ Cobb, Chief Marketing Officer at Cobalt. Register today for the Smarter Pentesting and Remediation: Cobalt and PlexTrac, Better Together cybercast to learn more about the new Cobalt/PlexTrac integration. Additional Resources Follow Cobalt on LinkedIn and Twitter Follow PlexTrac on LinkedIn and Twitter About PlexTrac PlexTrac, Inc. is the premier penetration test reporting and proactive cybersecurity management platform driven by a mission to help teams win the right cybersecurity battles. PlexTrac makes security data aggregation, red and blue team reporting, purple team collaboration, and remediation tracking more effective and efficient so security teams can become more proactive and demonstrably improve security posture. To learn more, visit plextrac.com. About Cobalt Cobalt’s Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) platform is modernizing traditional pentesting. By combining a SaaS platform with an exclusive community of testers, we deliver the real-time insights you need to remediate risk quickly and innovate securely. Amanda Elliott Business Development Representative At PlexTrac, we bring together insights from a diverse range of voices. Our blog features contributions from industry experts, ethical hackers, CTOs, influencers, and PlexTrac team members—all sharing valuable perspectives on cybersecurity, pentesting, and risk management.
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